Maintenance & Facilities Leader - TPM, Lean (Plant)

Kennametal; La Vergne (TN); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Kennametal La Vergne plant is seeking a Maintenance Manager to lead plant maintenance and facilities for the day shift. You will partner with operations leadership to meet safety, reliability, and production goals in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

You will direct maintenance activities, manage budgets, and drive improvements using TPM, Lean, and Six Sigma. Collaboration with engineering, QA, CI, and production is essential to sustain uptime and equipment capability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in technical discipline; technical leadership experience required.
• Strong electrical, mechanical, pneumatic, and hydraulic troubleshooting and installation background in an industrial setting.
• 3 years of manufacturing experience in maintenance leadership or engineering roles.
• Proficient with Maintenance ERP systems (SAP).

Responsibilities

• Lead facilities maintenance, skilled trades, utilities, and capital plans to ensure safety and productivity.
• Provide P&L leadership for the facility and drive maintenance process development.
• Collaborate with Production, Engineering, Quality, CI to resolve maintenance needs.
• Prioritize maintenance requests and optimize resource deployment daily.
• Develop asset maintenance plans with preventive and predictive maintenance.
• Manage MOC process for modifications and upgrades.
• Oversee TPM programs and drive cost reduction and performance improvements.
• Develop project scopes, budgets, equipment specs, and capital project docs.
• Supervise contractors and maintenance staff; performance management and development.
• Make decisions influencing business unit results.

Skills

Electrical troubleshooting

Mechanical troubleshooting

Pneumatic systems

Hydraulic systems

Installation skills

Lean manufacturing

Six Sigma

SAP

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline

Tools

SAP

Job description

Kennametal La Vergne plant is seeking a Maintenance Manager to lead plant maintenance and facilities for the day shift. You will partner with operations leadership to meet safety, reliability, and production goals in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

You will direct maintenance activities, manage budgets, and drive improvements using TPM, Lean, and Six Sigma. Collaboration with engineering, QA, CI, and production is essential to sustain uptime and equipment capability.